Æ33 - Septimius Severus ΦΑΙΔΡΟΥ ΜΗΘΥΜΝΑΙΩΝ
Features
| Issuer |
Methymna
(Conventus of Adramyteum)  |
|---|---|
| Emperor |
Septimius Severus (Lucius Septimius Severus) (193-211)
Caracalla (Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Caracalla) (198-217) |
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 193-211 |
| Composition | Bronze |
| Weight | 20.96 g |
| Diameter | 33 mm |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 540051 |
| References | RPC Online V.2# 797 British Museum, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford University Press (publisher). Roman Provincial Coinage / Volume 5.2 From Pertinax to Macrinus (AD 193–218): Bithynia-Pontus and Asia. British Museum, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford University Press. |
Obverse
Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Caracalla, right, seen from front
Lettering: ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Unabridged legend: Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνεῖνος
Translation: Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Reverse
Dionysus standing right, holding sceptre, in a biga drawn by two panthers, right, preceded by Maenad standing facing; on the left, satyr standing right; in the background, satyr holding pedum
Lettering: ΦΑΙΔΡΟΥ ΜΗΘΥΜΝΑΙΩΝ
Unabridged legend: --- Φαΐδρου --- Μηθυμναίων
Translation: [---] of Phaidros [---] of the Methymnians
Comments
BMC 42; Franke, Methymna 23
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